For example, the provisions of Trent infallibly—infallibly declaring that the Traditional Latin Mass cannot be altered in any way—were violated by the first succeeding pope, and a number of popes following him!
It makes you really wonder what kind of Clintonian lawyering this is when infallible prohibitions are really not infallible prohibitions at all! It's like trying to nail jello to the wall. Classically Pharisaical.
“the first [but far from unanimous (even if not necessary)], infallible and effectually promulgated pronouncement on the Canon, addressed to the Church Universal"
First, the voting itself doesn't have to be unanimous, but the declarations are binding to all. It's no different than our system of laws. Not everyone may vote for the law, but once the law is declared it ti binding to all who subject to it whether they supported it or not.
secondly, and more important issue is how this statement is read. If we presume that Trent was truly an Ecumenical Council (which it clearly wasn't), then it's proclamation regarding the canon was the first one of such (universal) gathering, as far as know, that specifically declares a canon of the universal (catholic) Church, including the Greeks, as well as any other group not in communion with the Vatican. (after all the Greek canon does not exactly match the Vatican canon, although the difference is very slight).
If you read ti that way, then it is the first such infallible proclamation of the canon, intended to be binding to all Christians, not only the Latin Church, and I have a feeling that's how those individuals read it.
Well, she would not see this as being contrary to her claim not to change, and also understands unanimous consent to means something less than that. But i think looking more at the issue of 1 Esdras may show something else problematic, if confusing due to naming conventions. It appears that that Carthage affirmed the LXX 1 Esdras as part of the canon, while Trent rejected it. Below is a table i made taken from the information here, the best i understand it.
|
Source |
Book (name changes) |
Status |
Book (name changes) |
Status |
|
Hebrew |
Ezra/Nehemiah |
Scripture |
|
|
|
Early Septuagint (LXX) |
2 Esdras (Esdras B'; Ezra/Nehemiah) |
Scripture |
1 Esdras (Esdras A'; First of Ezra; apocryphal additions to Ezra + Nehemiah) |
Scripture |
|
Hippo & Carthage |
2 Esdras (Nehemiah/Nehemiah) |
Scripture |
1 Esdras (LXX 1 Esdras) |
Scripture |
|
Vulgate |
1 Esdras (Ezra; replaces LXX 1 Esdras) 2 Esdras (Nehemiah) |
Scripture |
3 Esdras (LXX 1 Esdras) 4 Esdras (additional apocryphal book, formerly called 3 Esdras) |
Scripture |
|
Trent |
1 Esdras (Ezra) (declares LXX 1 Esdras non-canonical) 2 Esdras (Nehemiah) |
Scripture |
4 Esdras (3 Esdras; LXX 1 Esdras) |
non-canonical |